Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Scanning, Passing & Receiving

Scanning warm up (20 mins)

Scanning is the level of awareness and accessing information

Locate: locate the ball, teammates, opponents, and space

Creating habits: get players to look around all the time to improve an essential skill

Panoramic Positioning: body shape open to see as much as possible

Passing warm up Game:

Area 40m x 20 approx no goals

Divide players into 2 teams Team 1 Yellow. Team 2 Red

Each team passes within their team,

Timings: 4 min on 2 min off

Objective: To develop specific awareness of a teammate and space

Game; Before receiving the the ball scan and nominate a colour marker held up by the coach then with a good 1st or 2nd touch pass the ball to that teammate who has scanned and nominated a colour for his passing sequence.

Player Task: 

Scanning with communication on every play of the ball.

Body shape must be open to see as much as possible

Without the ball scan to know where your teammates are, your opponents and Space

With the ball communicate and execute your decision ( the pass ) with accuracy to teammate 

Team Task:

maintain possession

Count successive pass count, compete with both teams.

The pass doesn't count where there is no scanning or communication 

Progression 1:

5 v 5 game without goals or 5 vs 5 + 1 floater

Progression 2:

5 v 5 game with goals or 5 vs 5 + 1 floater conditioned game.

*Place a red cone in the goal and a blue cone in the other goal. 

The players must make 5 successful passes before shooting at the blue or red goal. The coach will call out either blue or red when one team makes 5 successful passes.